Faculty at Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) and former IAIA Faculty, Dwayne Slick (Sauk, Fox, and Winnebago Nations) discusses what it means to have a safe art studio in the 21st Century.

IAIA Adjunct Faculty, Richard Cutshall, discusses his artistic influences and his artwork Excavation, large-scale drawings focusing on literal and metaphorical investigations of what lies beneath.

Since the school’s inception in 1962 textiles have been part of the curriculum at IAIA.  IAIA Adjunct Faculty, Jessica Metcalfe (Turtle Mountain Chippewa) PhD, discusses the influences of Lloyd Kiva New and Wendy Ponca on fashion at IAIA and the role of education in contemporary native clothing design.

IAIA alumn and Faculty in Museum Studies, Michelle McGeough (Metis) discusses her work as a curator, highlighting her 2009-10 exhibit Through Their Eyes: Paintings from the Santa Fe Indian School.

MoCNA Chief Curator, Ryan Rice (Mohawk), discusses his education in art and how that brought him to the field of curation.

Poet and IAIA Faculty, Kim Parko, reads from her latest book of poetry, Cure All.

IAIA alumna and Adjunct Faculty, Deborah Jojola (Isleta), talks about her work with pottery including her ideas of giving back to the earth through pottery, integrating family and the environment into her art, and her first installation piece.

Vision Project artist, John Fedorov (Diné), dialogues with Art Historian, Lara Evans (Cherokee) about his work in the MoCNA exhibit Emergence.

Poet, IAIA alumnus, and Faculty in Creative Writing, James Stevens (Mohawk), describes his creative process of using research as the basis of his poetry and reads examples showing how he applies this in his work.

Traditional Ojibwa Herbalist, Yako Tahnahga (Mohawk/Taino), speaks about her mixed heritage and the importance she’s found embracing the wholeness of who she is.

Coming into Balance Symposium, March 2007